Larisha — girls' name
385 babies named Larisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Larisha was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Larisha in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Larisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 385 babies named Larisha between 1973 and 2001, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Larisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Larisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 175 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Larisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Larisha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 385 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Larisha at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Larisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1973
- Peak year (1987)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
385 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 26 births in a single year.
Larisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 175 births that decade — 45% of Larisha's all-time total
Larisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 175 births
- Runner-up 123 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Larisha's strongest decade
175 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.